We are seeking an Administrator to join our Business Support Team based in our Leeds office.
About Us:
Wrigleys is a well-established, reputable firm of specialist Solicitors. We have offices in Leeds, Sheffield, and Newcastle. We represent clients across the UK and are considered as one of the leading expert practices outside of London. At Wrigleys we pride ourselves on delivering specialist legal services to our clients within a professional yet friendly and authentic environment.
Our culture is built on our purpose of putting people at the centre of what we do, and our values guide us in all aspects of our work with clients and each other. Together with our supportive leadership team, we offer a collegiate culture where everyone has a voice, and we encourage collaboration, innovation, and growth.
This positive environment helps us maintain exceptional colleague retention levels.
What We Can Offer You?
Life outside work matters. We promote work-life balance, offer agile working, and prioritise colleague wellbeing. Your health and happiness are important to us.
- Competitive salaries
- Agile Working
- Enhanced Family Friendly Benefits
- Generous holiday entitlement and holiday purchase scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension scheme
- Life Assurance scheme
- Group Income Protection
- Employee Wellness Initiatives
- Private Medical Insurance
- Socials
About the Role:
The role entails providing support to colleagues in both support and fee-earning teams. It involves delivering high-level secretarial and administrative assistance across the Leeds teams.
Key responsibilities:
- To provide comprehensive administrative and secretarial support, including word processing, diary management, consistent and accurate filing, archiving, emailing, photocopying and handling telephone inquiries
- Perform other secretarial and administrative duties as needed
- To maintain clear and precise communications with other colleagues and to work within the Wrigleys behaviours framework
- Handle telephone enquiries from callers and clients promptly, ensuring all messages are addressed by you or passed to the right person quickly
- To comply at all times with the current versions of the Money Laundering Regulations as they apply to solicitors, the Solicitors' Accounts Rules, the Solicitors' Practice Rules, the Solicitors' Investment Business Rules and all other practice rules and regulations from time to time in force as set out in the relevant Law Society's Guide or required by the SRA
- To maintain iManage files in the correct order and in compliance with Lexcel guidance
- To comply with the firm's complaints procedure as set out in the Office Manual
- Where capacity allows, provide overflow assistance, principally via the Big Hand dictation system
Job Experience:
- Previous administration &/or secretarial experience is essential (minimum of 4 years)
- Previous experience in a professional services environment is essential
- Proficient IT skills - particularly Word, Excel and Outlook
- Experience of dictation and typing skills (minimum 60 WPM)
The ideal candidate:
- Excellent oral and written communication skills for efficient information sharing internally and externally
- Proficient secretarial and office practice skills, including precision, accuracy, and attention to detail
- Able to use own initiative and take responsibility for a task to ensure that work is completed to a high standard, in a timely manner (to include developing and introducing efficiencies and more effective ways of working)
- Highly organised, able to prioritise, anticipate, plan ahead and problem solve
- Adaptable, willing and capable of working flexibly and as part of a team
Application Process:
Our selection process for the Business Support Administrator position is transparent. We prioritise keeping all candidates informed at every step, ensuring there is no uncertainty.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition and need us to make adjustments to give you the best possible recruitment process, please do let us know by contacting our recruitment team.
Equality and Diversity:
Individual differences are embraced at Wrigleys, and by putting people at the centre of we do, we strive to create an inclusive working environment in which colleagues feel supported and can be themselves.